I guess it depends on the mood of the person hearing it. Are they feeling exuberant or Scroogey? :lol:

At my house, they'd find those dishes sitting on their pillows when they got home and they'd run out of wash cloths because I don't wash anything that isn't in the laundry basket.

If that's how you like to dress, dress that way. Make sure they are nice shirts and bling yourself up a little. Well placed accessories can make all the difference. :)

And when you've got kids who'll be moving out in a year or two, you might find it is time to transition from 'make your bed out of respect for me' to 'are these kids going to call home? It's going to be awfully quiet around here.'

I don't think making a virtue of deprivation is healthy.

Close the bedroom door and you won't have to see the bed?

Yeah. I think you should let some of those things go and have more of a house mate relationship. Don't sweat the small stuff, and unmade beds and open shower curtains are small stuff. Give up on washcloths in the shower and use one of those things made of netting that probably have a name. They can be hung off the tap handle and will drip dry in no time.

I'm in cahoots with the Korean spammers, if you must know. :coolgleamA:

According to the great scientific documentary series 'Red Dwarf,' they'd have to go up and put a toupee over it. Even reasonable people don't believe weather reports!

It's too damned hot. But, like, not Hell kind of hot, unless it's true that Hell freezes over sometimes. :huh: So, what does the footstool rest on and where can I find a picture of this flat earth that has the time zones mapped out? If you're flying into Tullamarine, Creekland, give us a yell. My testimony is worth nothing without a proper investigating scientist like yourself validating I'm not a hoax.

You guys are including your superannuation as savings. That didn't occur to me, since I can't access it for several decades.

I do both of those, plus ballet and opera and I'm still in the precariat! I've got ideas above my station, I do :D

Is it that? Or is it the plain truth for so many that no one is going to come and help?

Onya, Love. :) :grouphug:

Ah. I had polenta. They don't eat that. I read somewhere it gives them cancer. I don't know if it's true or not.

Uncooked?

Nope. They won't eat maize either.

For a young girl, a starter pack would be fine. For women of a certain age, longer is something of a relief to discover...

Start with Vitamin B if you're not taking any.

I had my son's done, because he was struggling to latch on properly. He cried more when I changed his nappy than when having the tongue tie snipped.

Drinking enough water, eating vegetables, remembering you are worthy of underwear without holes in it...

I need a new frying pan because I ruined mine. :glare:

The WTM booklists?

It wasn't so tasty because I over salted it. I want to have another go though.

It's not your responsibility to distinguish between 2 and 3. People telling white lies are absolving you of responsibility for things like that.